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Noun Concept
Categories: Furanoses, Pyranoses, Aldopentoses, Deoxy sugars, 1929 in biology
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deoxyribose  β-D-2-deoxyribose  2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranose  2-deoxy-D-erythro-pentose  2-deoxy-D-ribose
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A sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids WordNet 3.0
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A sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Deoxyribose, or more precisely 2-deoxyribose, is a monosaccharide with idealized formula H−−−3−H. Its name indicates that it is a deoxy sugar, meaning that it is derived from the sugar ribose by loss of a hydroxy group. Wikipedia
Chemical compound Wikidata
A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that constitute the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. Wiktionary
Derivative of ribose. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
carbohydrate
compound
HAS PART
hydrogen
carbon
oxygen
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Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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deoxyribose
Wikipedia
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deoxyribose
Wikidata
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β-D-2-deoxyribose
Wiktionary
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deoxyribose
Wikipedia Redirections
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2-deoxy-D-ribose, 2-deoxyribose, D-deoxyribose, Deoxyribase, deoxyribofuranose, desoxyribose, Thyminose
Wikidata Alias
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2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranose, 2-deoxy-D-erythro-pentose, 2-deoxy-D-ribose, thyminose

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